ST. HILARION COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Yvelines
France
Location Information
St Hilarion is a village and commune 40 kilometres south-west of Versailles and 9 kilometres by road south-west of Rambouillet. The communal cemetery is signposted and is always open. It will be found on the east side of the road leading from the main Rambouillet to Epernon road to St Hilarion church.
The graves of 7 airmen, 6 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Canada, are near the west boundary and south-west corner of the cemetery (left when entering the cemetery).
Burial Details
1581233 Sergeant Harry Elizah Bowen, Radio Operator in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Harry and Hilda May Bowe, of Wednesfield, Staffordshire.
J/26336 Flying Officer Horace Alexander Evans, Navigator in 625 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of George and Annie Imrie Evans, of Makinak, Manitoba, Canada.
151550 Flying Officer Alfred Ernest George Malin, Pilot in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Malin, husband of Beryl Daisy Malin, of Highbury, London.
1324923 Sergeant Alfred Allan Joseph Ryan, Air Bomber in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944.
2209106 Sergeant Leslie Ronald Swann, Flight Engineer in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Frederick Henry and Edith Swann, of Newton Kirkham, Lancashire.
1594255 Sergeant Leonard Sykes, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 35. Son of Sam and Florence Sykes; husband of Phyllis Sykes, of Oakwood, Leeds, Yorkshire.
1593166 Sergeant Alfred Ernest White, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 19. Son of Alfred Ernest and Maua Daykin White, of Redcar, Yorkshire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
St Hilarion is a village and commune 40 kilometres south-west of Versailles and 9 kilometres by road south-west of Rambouillet. The communal cemetery is signposted and is always open. It will be found on the east side of the road leading from the main Rambouillet to Epernon road to St Hilarion church.
The graves of 7 airmen, 6 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Canada, are near the west boundary and south-west corner of the cemetery (left when entering the cemetery).
Burial Details
1581233 Sergeant Harry Elizah Bowen, Radio Operator in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Harry and Hilda May Bowe, of Wednesfield, Staffordshire.
J/26336 Flying Officer Horace Alexander Evans, Navigator in 625 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of George and Annie Imrie Evans, of Makinak, Manitoba, Canada.
151550 Flying Officer Alfred Ernest George Malin, Pilot in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Malin, husband of Beryl Daisy Malin, of Highbury, London.
1324923 Sergeant Alfred Allan Joseph Ryan, Air Bomber in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944.
2209106 Sergeant Leslie Ronald Swann, Flight Engineer in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Frederick Henry and Edith Swann, of Newton Kirkham, Lancashire.
1594255 Sergeant Leonard Sykes, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 35. Son of Sam and Florence Sykes; husband of Phyllis Sykes, of Oakwood, Leeds, Yorkshire.
1593166 Sergeant Alfred Ernest White, Air Gunner in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 19. Son of Alfred Ernest and Maua Daykin White, of Redcar, Yorkshire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
